Circular arrow quiver



April 18, 1961 F. B. REEsE CIRCULAR ARROW QUIVER 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Feb. 24, 1959 INVENTOR, How: 5. Reese;

ATTORNE Y April 18, 1961 F. B. REESE CIRCULAR ARROW QUIVER 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Feb. 24, 1959 \36 ii I I i i i Hovo B N N R E O V T m m 2,980,305 CIRCULAR ARRoW QUIVER Floyd B. Reese, P.0. Box 582, Dorris, Calif.

Filed Feb. 24, 1959, Ser. No. 7%,158

'3 Claims. c1. 224-1 The present invention relates to quivers and has for an object a quiver construction which adapts it for connection with the bow without upsetting the balance of -the bow or interfering with the casting of an arrow-in fact, the weight of the quiver and its arrows acts as a stabilizer in lessening the movement of the bow while attempting hold on a target. a

A further object is the provision of a quiver so constructed and arranged that the bowman may move through brush, walk, crawl, stalk, or move under low hanging limbs without the arrows in the quiver, or the quiver itself hanging on brush or catching on limbs.

A further object is the provision of a quiver adapted to be secured to the bow, which holds the arrows securely within the quiver, yet at the same time permits arrows to be withdrawn from the quiver with a minimum of effort, and wherein the quiver does not interfere with the arrows when casting an arrow by the bow.

A further object is the provision of a quiver from which the arrows are easily removed and at speed when it is desired to quickly cast several arrows.

The quiver is so constructed that little noise or no noise at all emanates by reason of the quiver passing through brush. 7

A further object is the provision of a quiver which may be attached to the bow without interfering with the stringing of the bow.

A further object is the provision of a quiver that, when secured to the how, will carry enough arrows for a days hunt without the bowrnan having to carry extra arrows.

A further object is the provision of a quiver adapted to carry both hunting arrows as well as target arrows in such a manner as to render all of-said arrows easily accessible.

A further object is the provision of a quiver which is inexpensive in cost of manufacture, attractive in appearance and generally superior to quivers now known to the inventor.

With the above mentioned and other objectsin view, the invention consists in the novel and useful provision, formation, construction, association and relative arrangement of parts, members and features, all as shown in one embodiment in the accompanying drawings, described generally, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings: a

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bow incorporating the quiver of the invention;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary elevation partly in section, taken substantially on line 2-2 of Figure 1 and enlarged to show details of construction; a

Figure 3 is a plan view of one of the rack members most rack, as shown in Figures 1 and 2; a

Figure 7 is a fragmentary, partially sectional view, looking in the direction of arrow 7, in Figure 6; and,

Figure 8 is a perspective view of a modified form of shield adapted to spacedly overlie the uppermost rack.

' Referring now to the drawing and specifically to Figure 1, I have provided a bow 1 having upper and lower.

limbs 2 and 3 respectively, with a hand grip 4 to which limbs between the nock portions thereof is secured the bow string 5. It is obvious that the bow may assume various configurations, but usually in this art the bow limbs have a half round face and a flat surfaced back. As stated, I do not contemplate any particular type of how, nor for that matter, any particular type of arrows as the circular arrow quiver or" the present invention is adapted for all types of arrows and bows. The circular arrow quiver includes an upper rack 6 and a lower rack 7., Each rack is of substantially identical construction and these racks are'adapted to be secured to the upper and lower limbs of the bow in substantial parallelism and alignment. I have found from experience that circular or round racks are capable of performing desirable functions in my type of quiver. Describing the rack shown in Figure 3, the said rack is a laminatedstructure and preferably formed from a combination of leather and plastic or for that matter, from rubber or other material and in the present instance, as shown in Figure 4, the rack is laminated, having an intermediate leather member 8 and two outer members 9 and 10 which may be plastic or rubber to give stiifness thereto and likewise add to its ornamental appearance. The laminations are glued or otherwise secured together and the laminations are so formed as to provide spaced apart outwardly opening slots 11 of which there may be a multiple number depending upon the rack diameter and which slots have constricted throats at 12 so as to have pinch engagement with the shafts of the arrows as hereinafter described. In addition to the slots 11 which are adapted to confine therein hunting arrows, I have provided a series of spaced apart openings such as shown at 13, concentrically arranged relative to the center of said rack and inward from the slots 11 which may confine target arrows. In this instance, each opening or aperture 13 has equidistantly spaced apart radial cuts 14 opening into the aperture and the aperture is preferably of smaller diameter than the diameter of the practice arrow shaft so that when the shaftis passed inwardly of said aperture, the segmental portions between the radial cuts 14 are bent upwardly and frictionally engage the shaft to hold the same. To secure the rack to a bow limb, either the upper or lower limb, the construction shownin Figures 2 and 4 is utilized and wherein the outer laminations 9 used in the quiver, the shafts of arrows in said rack larged scale taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 3;

and 10 are bent at right angles as shown in Figure 2 to provide portions 15 and 16. Leather sleeves 17 and 18 in partsurround the bow limb and straps or thongs 19 and 20 encircle the portions 15 and 16 and the sleeves 17 and 18. The straps l9 and 20' are tied or otherwise secured by means, such as buckles 21, to cause tightengagement of said members with the bow and thereby prevent relative slippage therebetween. Referring to Figure 3, the rack is provided with a radial slot 22, which slot receives a bow limb. The leather sleeves 17 and 18 surround the faces of the bow and one side edge 23 thereof leaving an opening slot for entrance of the bow at 24. Both racks are similarly constructed and each rackis' provided with an axial bore as shown at 25 and 26 in Figure 2. An elongated tie rod 27 extends between the upper and lower racks, the said tie rod being screw threaded inward from each end as shown at 28 and [29 withthe'tie rod passed through the bores 25 and Patented Apr. 18, 1961 26,'the tie rod at' the threaded'zone s carrying pairs of} washers and nuts which engage the upper and lower surfaces of each rack and hold the racks 'so'that they are'stablyipositioned amthe bow limbs; o

Above the upper rack 6, l 'provid'e a shieldSflwhichi may. be of, the form, shown in Figures 6 and 7 oriof the semi-circular portion. The shield is slottedradially'inwardly at 34 between the convergent sides 32 and 33 with I c i V 930,305

V I I j, V V V m, 35' and S'Gidepending' fromthe angular sides of theshiel'd;

These small flanges act as a stabilizing means for the saidshield. a V V r The second type of vshield I haveillustrated in Figure 8 and I have defined this type of shield as a bonnet ora skirting type. It will be observed that the slits 48 li e'o'n opposite'sides of the entrance slots '11 and that the'spacing between sidesof the slot'generally increasing infwidth' inwardly Vofstheshieldi Depending from the convergent sides are skirtingor flanges 35 and, 316.

As shown in Figure 2,vthesaid shield may be formed from a leather piece 37 having a plastic or rubber over;

lay 38;. 'Means' is carried byflthe uppermost rack 6 and supportsashieldflw. ,Specifically,'the,shield is provided withatransvers'eibore 39 and the upperrnostvrackispro- I vided with a, transverse bore at 40, Extending between the bores 39-and 40 is atie rod 41 which has screw threaded ends for reception of nuts and washers for-"en:

Surrounding the rod '41 is a sleeve 42 which is'passed' through the bore 40 therebeing a coil'spring' 43 between the nut'sat 44 and an end of the sleeve 42; Thus the tendency is for the spring '43 to constantly urge the shield i to move toward the uppermost" rack. The sleeve 42'may be held in a fixedfposition by members positioned on opposite sides of the uppermost rack; see Figure 5. Theform of bonnet or skirting shield illustrated in for'theiopen shield in Figures 1" and 2 with the exception that the. skirting or the bonnet encircles'the arcua'teedge of the shield as shown at 47 with the said skirting providediwith spaced slitsAfi in nonalignment with'; the slotsll. p l

V The operation; uses quiveris holding the arrows, the spacing is such that the V arrows do notinterfere with the hand which engages the,

li'andgripfi, Iprovidei ror two'types' of arrows in the embodiment of sthe' invention shown. ,As ,illustratedin slot} allows the arrow shaft to rotated asi it enters the g slot and makes for easy entrance and, exit thereof. The

arrowhead '52 has its base portion: engagingthe topflsur- .faceof the rack" 6 as shown, while the pointed end i will a 'engage or'penetrate slightly the lleather'portion '31 ofthe "shield; This issufiicientjto holdithe arrowfwithin' the racks andiagainst movement, asFtheYshieldis resilienfly a nrgedi-bythepspring 43 toward the'uppermostjackat Ialltimes; :The target arrow has its shaitipassedithrough the0peningS 13 and is held by upward movement o ffthe ma'terial of the rackstas'illustrated iri Figural :rnig n gagement isiagtrictional one but, has been'found to b e' Sufiicient'withthis type o'f arrow. Usually in targetarand advantages of the invention,

'7 just described, are as follows: g V V t As shown in Figure ,1, the shield and upper end lower j V-i'acksextend in sideways relationship to the limbs ofthe t bow.v Also theishatt receiving slots 11 are positioned" outwardly from the side of the bow. Thusgwhen the 1'; a I l define as'an open-shield as the semiecrrcular portion, is

Open with arrow headsprotectediby the small flanges gagement withthe top and bottom surfaces of 'the'shielda 'Figure 8 utilizes the sme type of construction as shown 7 one inchrfr'om the bottom edge thereof.

said slits do not extend the entire width 'of'the said skirting or bonnet but terminate ab ont' midway of the width thereof. 'Ijhave' found in actual practice-that a skirting or bonnet of twoinches width maybe slit inwardly from I l V In thisform of shield the skirting or bonnet encirelesboth the curved edge as well assthe angular sides and therefore completely encircles the arrowheads. Preferably, the skirting or bonnet is formed from a flexible material such as a heavy cloth which may be reinforcediat the top'and bottom by plastic; or from other materials such as leather or'frorn plastic alone. The encircling bonnet or skirting protects ,the hunting arrowheads from the top and atboth sides to the appearance of the entire quiver. The circular form of rackwith its, arrow receiving slots permits the carrying'of a large complement of arrows; 7 v

It will be observed that the two shields illustrated in Figures .6 and 8v have slide movement relative to the upper limb of the bowvand that the slot 34 has greater transverse widththan the thicknessof the bow'limb,

as well illustrated in Figure 6. In fact, one edgebound ing saidslot is at an angle torhorizontal 'so that the slot gradually increases in width inwardly of the shi eid. Such a a construction allowsi'the bow limb to fl'exwith'outin any manner disturbing 'the position of the said shield uponthe bow limb. Thus the howman may flex the bow and the quiver with its shield will'remainin' the same position as it assume-s 'whenjthe bow :is uiiflexed.

Iclaim: I V.- 1." A quiver' adapted to be secured to the upper and lower limbs of axbow, including: an upper. rack. and a lower rack, eachrack being of identical construction and of circular edge form; each rackiprovided along I its circular edge with slots extending substantially radially.;inwardly of -.the racle fot receiving the shafts of ar rows,"an;elongate d rod-extending through said rack and hav ng an end portion adjustably secured tothe adjacent rack 'for spacedlyjmaintaining the pair of: racks spaced apart-relationship, nieans:; for s ecuring caehLrack to a limb of the bow, a shield ove'riying thesgtpperrnost rack and spaced above the; uppermost racle'means carried by the uppermost. rackand slidably-supporting said shield, and a springoperatively connected to sa id last mentioned T means for urging the shield towardithe uppermost rack.

, 'tarried by the uppermost 'rack and slidably supperting i 2. The device of claim; 1', the said-shieldprovided with aslot extending inwardly thereof intermediate th'e flanged angular. side edges s f d s 9; teena spacedly l scen ed x 7 width than the thickness of the leg of the bow; I

- 3. Anqarrow quiver adapted gto be .toethe upper and -loy'ler-litiibsfof a bow, including} a l pair of racks arranged :inovei tical spaced relation, each 7 rack' being of arcuate iorrn and provided wrth a plurality ,of slots inwardly extending from. the'perirrieter thereof the slots fot the upper rack being aligned, with the Slots of the lower rack, the ;aligned 'slotsjeing adapted to' i rOW's'the :head. is of tapered form with thebasevofithe rf i the s 10 ro api l s d-w eaten 7 head ,Substantiallyjofthe same- .diairieter as thatjof 1, shaft Consequently,'thismembenmay he-pulled iof rack slotswithease', 1

I thro g said, a k nd" h 1 1 1 P i a iua i' secured to: theiadjacent racki f o 'pacedly maintaining thepairfofi racksfin spaced apa elatioris shield V i v yi s fidjspac diah te a e mos -ra me n Harvey ,Feb. 26, 1952 Freid May 22, 1956 Schmidt Aug. 4, 1959 OTHER REFERENCES Archery, June 1957, p. 34 cited. 

